EPFLRocketTeam / SupersonicTestRocket

Repository for the avionics going on the supersonic test rocket
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Add a load cell to measure rocket's thrust directly #17

Open joshdboss opened 2 years ago

joshdboss commented 2 years ago

A load cell should be added in order to allow for direct measurements of the rocket's thrust. This requires collaboration between different subsystems:

joshdboss commented 2 years ago

FX292X-100A-0200-L available on digikey (https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/20009605-53/223-FX292X-100A-0200-L-ND/13692561?WT.z_cid=ref_octopart_dkc_buynow&site=us&TEdistID=2186816674) seems like a good choice. Analog unamplified signal with 20mV/V, so will likely require a small PCB to amplify the signal next to the load cell before transmitting the data to the Teensy.